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🌎One of the most important research topics in #EnvironmentalPsychology is the link between pro-environmental behavior (PEB) and subjective wellbeing. Understanding and addressing this link will be crucial for realizing behavioral changes and adopting ambitious policies.🧵
A quick note: I rather dislike the term "pro-environmental behavior" because it refers more to the motivation behind behavior rather than its environmental impact. But this is a topic for another day, so I'll stick with PEB here for communication purposes 🙃
The expected wellbeing effect of PEB changes (obviously) matters to people and influences their willingness to change🙈
If people expect that changing behavior will involve significant reductions to their wellbeing, it's unlikely they will change it or support related policies.
If people expect that changing behavior will involve significant reductions to their wellbeing, it's unlikely they will change it or support related policies.
1/ In case we needed more reasons for building better cities, the evidence is growing that #mentalhealth is significantly affected by #urbanplanning and #urbandesign ... whether for the better or the worse is up to us ...
2/ Exposure to natural light is linked to better sleep, reduced stress, and better work/school performance bit.ly/2ORgMiw. A well-designed city ensures access to natural light on sidewalks, in public spaces, and inside homes and offices. 
3/ Boring streetscapes, with monotonous, feature-less facades and lack of sensory stimulation, can increase sadness, addiction and disease-related stress bit.ly/2OWX5WD
